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About Pointe du Chene Range Rear Lighthouse
Pointe du Chene Range Rear Lighthouse is a small wooden tower stands a little back from the beach at Pointe-du-Chêne. It's the rear half of a working pair of range lights that guide boats through the North Channel into Shediac Harbour. Built in the plain, boxy salt shaker style typical of Maritime range lights, it's nothing fancy, just a short wooden tower doing a practical job it has done since 1895. This rear light and its matching front light sit about 150 metres apart. Together they're the real working pair, among the last of three historic range light sets once used to guide ships into Shediac Harbour. Line the two towers up along their sight line for a simple, layered composition, front light small and near, rear light taller to show them both working together to guide the path. Morning and evening light both suit the plain wood well, warming the grain and throwing a long shadow across the sand. The grounds around the towers are open to walk, though the towers themselves are locked and not open to climb. Parlee Beach itself draws big summer crowds thanks to its unusually warm saltwater, so the sand nearby can get busy even when the lighthouses themselves stay quiet. There is a day use fee to enter the park in season. Go early for the empty beach. (Pointe-du-Chêne, New Brunswick, Canada)
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